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and later Middle English had no definite spelling rules. These languages were more often spoken than written, so they blended freely with one another. Contributing to this mixing of tongues was the fact that medieval scribes spelled words according to sound, ensuring that a person's name would appear
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an attractive prospect. Thousands migrated, aboard cramped disease-ridden ships. They arrived sick, poor and hungry, but were welcomed in many cases with far greater opportunity than at home in England. Many of these hardy settlers went on to make important contributions to the emerging nations in
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since the 17th century, with a number of variants from the same origin including Butts, and two names meaning "Son of Butt": Butson and Butting.
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became the ruling people of England in the 11th century, they introduced a new language into a society where the main languages of
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which they landed. Among early immigrants bearing the name Butt or a variant listed above were, Roger Butt who settled in
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The surname can also be found in England where it is again of patronymic origin, meaning "son of Butt". First found in
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For many English families, the political and religious disarray that plagued their homeland made the frontiers of the
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differently in nearly every document in which it was recorded. The name has been spelled Butt, But, Butte and others.
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word "but", a noun meaning a mark for archery, a target or goal, or someone's rear end. The name may derive from the
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An early reference to a related surname dates back to 1266 where Conrad Dictus Butze is registered in
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compiled in 1086. An early reference to this surname in 1200 England, William de Butte is listed in
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intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that
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word "but" which is a noun meaning "target". The English name is derived from the
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The Butt family is claimed to be originally from the village named But in
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names are characterised by a multitude of spelling variations. When the
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where they were anciently seated, and were granted lands by
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is a German and an English surname whose origins lie in the
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The surname Butt or Butts is said to be derived from the
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Butt (name)
Bhat
South West
England
French
Middle English
furlong
Anglo-Norman
Normans
Old
Middlesex
William the Conqueror
Domesday Book
Oseney
archery butts
Devon
Cornwall

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New World
Carbonear, Newfoundland
Conception Bay
Crocker's Cove, Newfoundland
Normandy
Freiburg

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